Fesshaye "Joshua" Yohannes
Year: 2007
Nationality: Eritrea
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: , Eritrea
Press organization: Setit
What's Fesshaye "Joshua" Yohannes's story?
Yohannes, a publisher and editor of the defunct weekly Setit and a recipient of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award in 2002, died in prison, several sources in the Eritrean diaspora disclosed to CPJ in February 2007. Yohannes was among 10 independent journalists rounded up in a massive 2001 government crackdown that shuttered the nation’s private press.
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